Nomadic Octopus
Essential information
- Confidence
- 100/100
- Published
- 16/12/2025 19:39
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:14
- Updated at
- 27/03/2026 01:14
- Revoked
- No
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
- Resource level
- —
- Primary motivation
- —
- Related entities
- 7 attack patterns (mitre), 1 malware
Aliases
DustSquad
Description
[Nomadic Octopus](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0133) is a Russian-speaking cyber espionage threat group that has primarily targeted Central Asia, including local governments, diplomatic missions, and individuals, since at least 2014. [Nomadic Octopus](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0133) has been observed conducting campaigns involving Android and Windows malware, mainly using the Delphi programming language, and building custom variants.(Citation: Security Affairs DustSquad Oct 2018)(Citation: Securelist Octopus Oct 2018)(Citation: ESET Nomadic Octopus 2018)
Marking (TLP)
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